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No. 390,025. y Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

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UNITED wSTATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID H. KING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAN-OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,025, dated September 25, 1888.

Application filed April l0, 1888. Serial No. 270,157. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that l, DAVID H. KING, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Can0pening and Pipe Cutting Tool, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invent-ion is to provide, in a simple construction of can opener and stovepipe cutter, 'a secure rest for the thumb of the operator, and for the puncturing of the can or pipe for the insertion of the member having the cutting-edge; and the invention consists in the peculiarities of construction of the device, as hereinafter described and claimed.

1 Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part 'of this specification, which is aperspective View of a can-opener or pipe-cutter, a section of stove pipe being indicated in dotted lines.

To the head a of a suitable handle, A, is secured a plate, B, which is formed on the under side with a slot, b, extending in an upward and forwardly inclined direction, whereby the cutting-blade C is formed, the inner edge, c, of which is sharpened.

The head c in the rear of the blade C, and preferably in rear of the plate B, of which said blade forms a part, as shown, is provided with a laterally projecting fixed fulcrumpiece, D.

At the forward end of the plate B is formed a pointed blade or dagger, E, which is adapted to puncture the can or pipe for the insertion of the cutting-blade C. The puncturing-dagger E may also form a rest for the thumb of the operator in using the tool.

To prevent the thumb from slipping from the tool onto the cut made in the can or pipe, I form the upper edge of the plate B, back of the dagger E, with serrations F, and this feature will be found specially desirable in operating on the round pipe-sections.

By the construction above described the can or pipe may be quickly punctured for the ready insertion of the cutting-blade and the tool operated without danger of laeerating the hand of the operator on the edges of the incision made in the can or pipe.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A can-opener and stove-pipe cutter comprising a handle, A, provided with a plate, B, the said plate being formed with a cutting blade, C, on its under side projecting in a rearwardlyinclined direction, a dagger, E, projecting from the front end of the plate, and serrations F, formed on the upper edge back of the dagger E, substantially as shown and described.

DAVID H. KING.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGWIOK, EDWD. M. CLARK. 

